Effect of eight weeks of preparatory period on muscle power in volleyball players

Abstract

Introduction: The organization of training is essential in any modality, from training to high performance. Understanding the responses that the body presents to the prescribed stimuli becomes essential as they make it possible to minimize physiological stress with high performance. Objective: To verify the effect of eight weeks of training with neuromuscular capacity of volleyball players during the preparatory period. Materials and methods: Nine youth volleyball athletes participated in the study 17.2 ± 0.8 years. All the contents of the training conducted were noted by members of the technical committee. The tests used to assess power were the vertical jump with the countermovement technique (CMJ), with and without the aid of the upper limbs and the medicine ball pitch, at the beginning (M0) and end (M1) of the preparatory period. Information was organized in the descriptive and inferential plan and the results were analyzed using the Student t test, seeking to verify possible changes between the evaluated moments (p <0.05). Results: The main results point to: predominance of the physical component 70% throughout the training period, with 30% of this content related to general and specific jumping exercises. It was possible to verify that there was a difference from M0 to M1 only for jumping without the aid of arms (p = 0.04). Conclusion: Therefore, it is concluded that this model of organization is sufficient only to improve the power of lower limbs without the aid of arms in youth volleyball athletes.